Performing an EBSCOhost search:
1. Log on to the EBSCOhost web database.
2. Choose the type of database you would like to use by clicking on the database name, or for choosing more than one database type, check the boxes next to the database and click Continue.
3. The advanced search automatically comes up with the topic, publication type, document type, publication date, number of pages, and publication company.
4. In the top left corner of the screen there are search options with basic search, advanced search, and visual search.
5. By clicking on basic search, you will see fewer search options limited to topic, publication date, publication company, and number of pages.
6. By clicking the visual search option, a page will come up allowing you to group your results by subject or publication, sort your results by date or relevance, filter your results by date, and change the display style to blocks or columns.
Basic Search:
Many results
Not all are relevant to the topic
Read through all choices to find your desired topic.
Capital Punishment was searched and there were 4,804 search results. Euthanasia was searched and there were 2,450 search results.
1. Log on to the EBSCOhost web database.
2. Choose the type of database you would like to use by clicking on the database name, or for choosing more than one database type, check the boxes next to the database and click Continue.
3. The advanced search automatically comes up with the topic, publication type, document type, publication date, number of pages, and publication company.
4. In the top left corner of the screen there are search options with basic search, advanced search, and visual search.
5. By clicking on basic search, you will see fewer search options limited to topic, publication date, publication company, and number of pages.
6. By clicking the visual search option, a page will come up allowing you to group your results by subject or publication, sort your results by date or relevance, filter your results by date, and change the display style to blocks or columns.
Basic Search:
Capital Punishment was searched and there were 4,804 search results.
Euthanasia was searched and there were 2,450 search results.